Events in the year 2024 in Rwanda.
Incumbents President: Paul Kagame Prime minister: Édouard Ngirente
Events January 16 January – A Congolese soldier is killed and two others are arrested by the Rwandan Army in a cross-border shooting incident in Rubavu District.
February 19 February – Rwanda rejects the United States’ calls to withdraw troops and missile systems from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, citing threats from an alleged Congolese military build-up near the border.
June 23 June – A crowd crush at an electoral rally attended by President Paul Kagame in Rubavu leaves one person dead and 37 others injured.
July 6 July – UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces the discontinuing of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 enacted by his predecessor Rishi Sunak, under which some asylum-seekers trying to enter the UK would have been deported to Rwanda. 8 July – A United Nations report reveals that between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandan soldiers are fighting alongside M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 15 July – 2024 Rwandan general election: President Paul Kagame wins a fourth term in office while his Rwandan Patriotic Front and its allies retain their majority in the Chamber of Deputies. 30 July – Angolan President João Lourenço announces that the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a ceasefire following Angola-mediated talks. However, the ceasefire collapses before it formally begins on 4 August amid advances by M23 rebels in the DRC.
August 11 August – President Kagame is inaugurated for a fourth term.
September 27 September–6 October – At least 42 cases and 12 deaths are reported in an outbreak of Marburg virus in six districts.
October 30 October – A court in France sentences doctor Eugène Rwamucyo to 27 years imprisonment for his participation in the Rwandan Genocide in Butare Province.
November
27 November – Rwanda extradites Salman Khan to India, after the Indian government submitted an extradition request through Interpol. Salman Khan is accused of having links to Lashkar-e-Taiba, which the Indian government classifies as a terrorist group.
December 20 December – The Rwanda Marburg virus disease outbreak is declared over by the World Health Organization and the Rwandan government after no new cases are reported in the past 42 days.
Ongoing Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions (2022–present)
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